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</em>Steve Palmer in the historic Cigar Factory; after its renovation, his three new projects will occupy 75,000 of the building’s 244,000 square feet. <em>Photograph by Ruta Elvikyte</em><br /> <br />
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<p> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 36px; line-height: 48px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> 15 Minutes with Steve Palmer </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><em><br />
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We caught up with the managing partner of hospitality group The Indigo Road about his soon-to-debut Cigar Factory projects and that time he was a roadie for Guns N’ Roses</em><span style="font-family: Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><br />
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<strong>CM: You are a traveling fiend. In the past few weeks, where have you been? <br />
SP:</strong> Atlanta, Asheville, and Miami</p>
<p> <strong>CM: Is that for work or play?<br />
SP:</strong> A little bit of both. I have a hard time labeling dining out as “work,” but I’m always looking at what others are doing in terms of menus, interior design, and beverage programs. I try to be a student of what I do as a restaurateur.</p>
<p> <strong>CM: So you travel for inspiration. <br />
SP:</strong> Absolutely. In terms of opening new restaurants for The Indigo Road, it’s a quest for what isn’t in Charleston that would work here. O’Ku was inspired by Nobu and Masa in New York. The Macintosh, a collaboration between chef Jeremiah Bacon and myself, nods to The Spotted Pig and Gramercy Tavern in New York. Indaco was based on A16 in San Francisco and Locanda Verde in New York. And so far, knock on a whole bunch of wood, what we’re doing here is working. </p>
<p> <strong>CM: Do you have an opening date for your ventures—Mercantile, a food hall; The Mash, a casual bar; and Cedar Room, an event space—coming soon to the Cigar Factory?<br />
SP:</strong> We’re gunning for June 1. </p>
<p> <strong>CM: What excites you most about these three projects? <br />
SP:</strong> I am both excited and nervous about Mercantile. I’ve never done a market before, so it’s a little outside my wheelhouse. But if we do it right, it will be both a great food hall where people have many different experiences and a central hub of the city’s discussion about food. You might buy a roast chicken to bring home to your family, take a cooking class, watch pasta being made, or chat with a farmer about his harvest. Aside from that, I’m really grateful that we can take part in bringing this old building back to life. Before the renovation, locals would drive by and say, “God, there could be something so cool there!” And hopefully now there will be. </p>
<p> <strong>CM: What do you love about the building?<br />
SP:</strong> Its bones. There are these huge timbers. You just don’t see stuff like that anymore. Architect David Thompson did a nice job of not covering that up and not screwing it up. I personally feel a responsibility to preserve the heritage of the building. Before I got involved, I knew that cigars were made there, but I didn’t know it was once a cotton mill, or that Civil Rights strikes broke out there. The protest song “We Shall Overcome” was first sung there during a strike. <br><br />
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<strong>CM: What will surprise people about The Mash? <br />
SP:</strong><br />
We’ll have video games—retro stuff from the ’80s. Some of my colleagues are lobbying for Pac-Man. I’m lobbying for Defender. It will be a really fun, low-key place to hang out with canned beer, an indoor bocce court, and a jukebox. </p>
<p> <strong>CM: Will you curate the jukebox?<br />
SP: </strong>I hope so. I’m a music aficionado. I mean, I was a roadie in the ’80s with rock bands. I worked for Guns N’ Roses, and I had hair halfway down my back. I was quite a sight!<br><br />
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<strong>CM: Any good backstage stories?<br />
SP:</strong> I’m not sure any of those stories are fit for print. Let’s just say that the party had to end someday and it was time to grow up. But luckily, I’m still doing something I love.</p>
<p>To read more about Palmer’s favorite things, click <a href="http://charlestonmag.com/features/15_minutes_with_steve_palmer" target="_blank">here</a>. Or, for more articles about the local food-and-bev scene, click <a href="http://charlestonmag.com/eat-and-drink" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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</div></div></div>Wed, 04 Mar 2015 20:41:51 +0000Rory Johnson22069 at http://charlestonmag.com15 Minutes with Steve Palmerhttp://charlestonmag.com/features/15_minutes_with_steve_palmer
<div class="field field-name-field-issue-pubdate field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">03/2015</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-feature-isprimary field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">no</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subhead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>We caught up with the managing partner of hospitality group The Indigo Road about his soon-to-debut Cigar Factory projects and that time he was a roadie for Guns N&rsquo; Roses</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-feature-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/675wide/public/palmer.jpg?itok=zm7m7Mdw" width="675" height="913" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-feature-photo-gallery field-type-node-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photo gallery:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="galleria-content clearfix" id="galleria-1">
<a href="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/490x490/public/FullSizeRendercx_0.jpg?itok=HlPSv9sR" rel="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/640wide/public/FullSizeRendercx_0.jpg?itok=2BMwxsxr"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/100x100/public/FullSizeRendercx_0.jpg?itok=ayXoFGk9" alt="" title="Puppy Love: “I have two Shiloh shepherds and recently rescued a shar-pei Lab mix,” Palmer says. $250 to adopt a retriever, daisysplace.org" /></a><a href="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/490x490/public/Miles-Davis_Kind-of-Blue-Cover_0.jpg?itok=MNjp8GLg" rel="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/640wide/public/Miles-Davis_Kind-of-Blue-Cover_0.jpg?itok=5F5t3deM"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/100x100/public/Miles-Davis_Kind-of-Blue-Cover_0.jpg?itok=Y5QuLz-9" alt="" title="All That Jazz: The restaurateur’s eclectic music tastes run from ’80s tunes to this jazz classic. $8, barnesandnoble.com" /></a><a href="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/490x490/public/028455_005_00hannah_0.jpg?itok=zs7On9AY" rel="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/640wide/public/028455_005_00hannah_0.jpg?itok=3LhziwYy"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/100x100/public/028455_005_00hannah_0.jpg?itok=Hf3rW91N" alt="" title="In His Shoes: “Sure they’re Italian and they look great, but Ferragamos have comfy rubber soles and come in size 13.” $595, ferragamo.com" /></a><a href="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/490x490/public/SettingTheTable-pb-c_0.jpg?itok=jNnE3cCf" rel="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/640wide/public/SettingTheTable-pb-c_0.jpg?itok=xmGmnJ_I"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/100x100/public/SettingTheTable-pb-c_0.jpg?itok=4xdazB73" alt="" title="Words to Live By: The Indigo Road gifts this tome, Palmer’s “hospitality bible,” to its employees. $16, barnesandnoble.com" /></a><a href="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/490x490/public/IMG_5655cx_0.jpg?itok=8_2L2jXX" rel="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/640wide/public/IMG_5655cx_0.jpg?itok=uhD8u4Kl"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/100x100/public/IMG_5655cx_0.jpg?itok=QM0yZZ4m" alt="" title="Let It Ride: Off-duty, Palmer unwinds on his Triumph cycle, found at American Biker in Ladson. Price upon request, americanbiker.biz" /></a><a href="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/490x490/public/ruta_elvikyte8277_opt_0.jpg?itok=Pvgye4EB" rel="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/640wide/public/ruta_elvikyte8277_opt_0.jpg?itok=G0DkLsP4"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/100x100/public/ruta_elvikyte8277_opt_0.jpg?itok=lwwm_xaW" alt="" title="“I personally feel a responsibility to preserve the heritage of the building.” —Steve Palmer" /></a><a href="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/490x490/public/ruta_elvikyte8278_0.jpg?itok=80zBa0U4" rel="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/640wide/public/ruta_elvikyte8278_0.jpg?itok=L9g5ThG3"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/100x100/public/ruta_elvikyte8278_0.jpg?itok=17cfcbcS" alt="" title="Good Bones: Palmer’s three new projects will occupy 75,000 square feet of the historical Cigar Factory building." /></a><a href="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/490x490/public/palmerthumb_0.jpg?itok=ltZdHlgZ" rel="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/640wide/public/palmerthumb_0.jpg?itok=n2KfU_up"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/100x100/public/palmerthumb_0.jpg?itok=iwc-mSOu" alt="" /></a></div>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>CM: You are a traveling fiend. In the past few weeks, where have you been?</strong><br />
<strong>SP:</strong> Atlanta, Asheville, and Miami</p>
<p><strong>CM: Is that for work or play?</strong><br />
<strong>SP:</strong> A little bit of both. I have a hard time labeling dining out as &ldquo;work,&rdquo; but I&rsquo;m always looking at what others are doing in terms of menus, interior design, and beverage programs. I try to be a student of what I do as a restaurateur.</p>
<p><strong>CM: So you travel for inspiration.</strong><br />
<strong>SP: </strong>Absolutely. In terms of opening new restaurants for The Indigo Road, it&rsquo;s a quest for what isn&rsquo;t in Charleston that would work here. O&rsquo;Ku was inspired by Nobu and Masa in New York. The Macintosh, a collaboration between chef Jeremiah Bacon and myself, nods to The Spotted Pig and Gramercy Tavern in New York. Indaco was based on A16 in San Francisco and Locanda Verde in New York. And so far, knock on a whole bunch of wood, what we&rsquo;re doing here is working.</p>
<p><strong>CM: Do you have an opening date for your ventures&mdash;Mercantile, a food hall; The Mash, a casual bar; and Cedar Room, an event space&mdash;coming soon to the Cigar Factory?</strong><br />
<strong>SP: </strong>We&rsquo;re gunning for June 1.</p>
<p><strong>CM: What excites you most about these three projects?</strong><br />
<strong>SP:</strong> I am both excited and nervous about Mercantile. I&rsquo;ve never done a market before, so it&rsquo;s a little outside my wheelhouse. But if we do it right, it will be both a great food hall where people have many different experiences and a central hub of the city&rsquo;s discussion about food. You might buy a roast chicken to bring home to your family, take a cooking class, watch pasta being made, or chat with a farmer about his harvest. Aside from that, I&rsquo;m really grateful that we can take part in bringing this old building back to life. Before the renovation, locals would drive by and say, &ldquo;God, there could be something so cool there!&rdquo; And hopefully now there will be.</p>
<p><strong>CM: What do you love about the building?</strong><br />
<strong>SP:</strong> Its bones. There are these huge timbers. You just don&rsquo;t see stuff like that anymore. Architect David Thompson did a nice job of not covering that up and not screwing it up. I personally feel a responsibility to preserve the heritage of the building. Before I got involved, I knew that cigars were made there, but I didn&rsquo;t know it was once a cotton mill, or that Civil Rights strikes broke out there. The protest song &ldquo;We Shall Overcome&rdquo; was first sung there during a strike.</p>
<p><strong>CM: What will surprise people about The Mash?</strong><br />
<strong>SP:</strong> We&rsquo;ll have video games&mdash;retro stuff from the &rsquo;80s. Some of my colleagues are lobbying for Pac-Man. I&rsquo;m lobbying for Defender. It will be a really fun, low-key place to hang out with canned beer, an indoor bocce court, and a jukebox.</p>
<p><strong>CM:&nbsp; Will you curate the jukebox?</strong><br />
<strong>SP:</strong> I hope so. I&rsquo;m a music aficionado. I mean, I was a roadie in the &rsquo;80s with rock bands. I worked for Guns N&rsquo; Roses, and I had hair halfway down my back. I was quite a sight!</p>
<p><strong>CM: Any good backstage stories?</strong><br />
<strong>SP: </strong>I&rsquo;m not sure any of those stories are fit for print. Let&rsquo;s just say that the party had to end someday and it was time to grow up. But luckily, I&rsquo;m still doing something I love.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-field-issue-pubdate field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">01/2014</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-feature-isprimary field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">no</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subhead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>When the temps turn cool, most of us reach for warming, full-bodied reds. But Vonda Freeman, sommelier and wine director for the Indigo Road restaurant group, doesn&rsquo;t dismiss lighter vinos during the colder months. &ldquo;Seek out whites with spice, complexity, and texture,&rdquo; she advises. Read on for three picks she&rsquo;s sipping now</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-feature-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/675wide/public/whitewinemain_0.jpg?itok=dOZ6H36X" width="675" height="675" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Under $25<br />
Clendenen Family Vineyards Borgo Buon Natale Tocai Friulano, 2012 Santa Maria Valley, California</strong><br />
&ldquo;Tocai Friulano, a grape from northern Italy, has found a new home in California thanks to producers like Jim Clendenen. With notes of pecan, apple, dried herbs, and baked bread, this wine suits the season.&rdquo; Available at Southern Season, $23</p>
<p><strong>Under $50<br />
Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer Cuv&eacute;e Th&eacute;o, 2012 Alsace, France</strong><br />
&ldquo;The grape may not be en vogue with many wine geeks, but I love a great Gewurztraminer. In its most beautiful form, it is exotic, spicy, fragrant, and dry. This version is brimming with white honey, anise, fresh ginger, and dried apricot. It&rsquo;s simply gorgeous.&rdquo; Available at Avondale Wine &amp; Cheese, $47</p>
<p><strong>$50 &amp; Up<br />
Maison Nicolas Perrin Condrieu Blanc, 2012 Rh&ocirc;ne Valley, France</strong><br />
&ldquo;A golden-hued pick made from 100 percent viognier grapes, this wine has a rich texture and weight. Pair it with dishes that will be complemented by flavors of fig, dried apricot, caramel, and a touch of citrus zest.&rdquo; Available at Bottles, $70</p>
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<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-18 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">TAGS:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/jeremiah_bacon">Jeremiah Bacon</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/the_macintosh">The Macintosh</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/steve_palmer">Steve Palmer</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/the_gavalas_kolanko_foundation">The Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/the_cocktail_club">The Cocktail Club</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/the_indigo_road">The Indigo Road</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-main-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://charlestonmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/470xwide/public/wRTM_8631_0.jpg?itok=dva8eoyb" width="470" height="313" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subhead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Macintosh opened its doors on Wednesday, September 21 to host a preview party benefiting the Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-field-issue-pubdate field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">09/2011</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-feature-type field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Party Scene</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photogallery-subhead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Macintosh opened its doors on Wednesday, September 21 to host a preview party benefiting the Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation.</p>
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New King Street hot spot <strong>The Macintosh </strong>opened its doors on Wednesday, September 21 for a preview party benefitting the <strong>Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation.</strong> Foodies have been eagerly awaiting a peek at <strong>Chef Jeremiah Bacon</strong> and <strong>Steve Palmers&#39; </strong>newest brainchild, a chic restaurant from <strong>The Indigo Road</strong> boasting homegrown cuisine rooted in the spirit of the Southern palate.</p>
<p> Guests crowded into the sleek, beautiful space, located beneath its &ldquo;sister lounge&rdquo; <strong>The Cocktail Club</strong>, and the bar quickly filled up with partygoers studying the cocktail menu. Servers circulated a number of savory bites, which were repeated snatched up by curious gourmands.</p>
<p> The gorgeous space quickly became packed with media mavens, the who&rsquo;s-who of Charleston&rsquo;s cuisine scene, and supporters of the <strong>Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation</strong>, all of whom seemed enamored with <strong>The Macintosh.</strong></p>
<p> The preview party was buzzing until the last, when many patrons reluctantly made their way out to King Street... Or upstairs to <strong>The Cocktail Club.</strong></p>
<p> It was a gorgeous evening benefiting the <strong>Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation</strong>, an organization established by <strong>Nicholas B. Gavalas and Dr. Ronald Kolanko </strong>to assist students with disabilities with their secondary educational costs, as well as increase support and awareness of their needs. All of the proceeds from the evening&rsquo;s ticket sales went toward providing college scholarships to students with physical disabilities in the Lowcountry. Since 1999, the GKF has awarded 52 scholarships to students at the College of Charleston and Charleston Southern University</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-select-blog field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">SELECT BLOG:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blogs/party_scene">Party Scene</a></div></div></div>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:26:10 +0000Reese Moore12416 at http://charlestonmag.com